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ROB FALGIANO

About Me

WANT TO BUY A ROB CD? GO TO: www.robfalgiano.com. Click 'Product' to peruse and shop at the secure site. We take credit cards & paypal.Buffalo, NY, singer-songwriter Rob Falgiano has 6 independent full-length CDs to his credit, with 7 underway. His latest collection of bittersweet, melodic songs is called "Red".Falgianos style has drawn comparisons to Pop / Alternative / Acoustic artists like Elliott Smith, Crowded House, James Taylor, The Smiths, Old 97s, Wilco, Prefab Sprout & David Byrne. Strong influences include Brit-pop, 70s folk, vintage and alt-country, 50s rock and roll, contemporary alternative acoustic, loungy Brazilian rhythms, and American big band crooners.Rob has had opening slots for more than a dozen national recording artists including: Jakob Dylan, Goo Goo Dolls, The Pushstars, Ingrid Michaelson, Emerson Hart, 10,000 Maniacs, Nickel Creek, Todd Phillips (ex-Toad), Nellie McKay, Deep Blue Something, 54'40, and Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies).Rob's music was featured on the television show Felicity (WB) starring Keri Russell, and can be heard on the Season 4 DVD. He's also had TV placements with "The Black Donnellys" (NBC) and "Everwood" (The CW), and "Jack & Bobby" (The CW). Falgiano has earned a number of honors over the years, including First Prize in the 1998 Conan O'Brien College Band Search, narrowly missing the Grand Prize of performing on the show.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/22/2005
Band Website: www.robfalgiano.com
Band Members: Players on the new CD - "RED" - include: Eric Starr (drums, percussion); Jonathan Hughes (bass, mellotron); Jim Palys (drums, percussion); Tom Fenton (electric guitar); Mark Krurnowski (electric guitar); Maria Sebastian (backing vocals); Nelson Starr (keyboards); Joe Rozler (keyboards); Jim Bohm (trumpet); Ken Witman (tenor sax); Ken Petersen (pedal steel); Dave Wittman (harmonica); Jim Iarocci (double bass); Chris Bergson (electric guitar); and John Allen (electric guitar). Produced by Rob Falgiano and Mike Atherton. Recorded and mixed by Mike Atherton at Blue Summit Studios, Fort Erie, ON CANADA. Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC.
Influences: hmmmm... Smiths, James Taylor, Tom Waits, David Byrne, Frank Sinatra, Feist, Inara George, Prefab Sprout, Hank Williams, Soul Coughing / Mike Doughty, Paul Westerberg, Butterfly Boucher, Chris Trapper / The PushStars, Neko Case, Kathleen Edwards, George Jones, Nelson Riddle, Chris Cornell, The The, Momus, Men Without Hats, Scritti Politti, Antonio Carlos Jobim, The Bible / Boo Hewerdine, Paul Simon, New Order, Billy Bragg, Beatles, Johnny Cash, Nina Simone, Bob Marley, J-Live, Wilco, David Mead, Housemartins, Kirsty Maccoll, Mos Def, Bob Dylan, Phranc, Ugly Duckling, Liz Phair, Jim Jiminee, Rufus Wainwright, James Brown, Morphine, Hoagy Carmichael, Dream Academy, Michael Jackson ("Off the Wall"!!), Mark Hollis / Talk Talk, Cardigans, Patsy Cline, Kate Bush, oh yeah and even more. I LOVE MUSIC. I WISH I DIDN’T HAVE TO DIE SO I COULD LISTEN TO MUSIC FOREVER.
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Rob F Band!, more TV placements, rest!, reading

Hi all, as you probably know, I don't do very many gigs of my original music with a full 'rock and roll stylin' band' (that's what the kids call it), so I get pretty excited when one is on the horizon...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:24:00 GMT

"Burning Sun" on "Everwood"

"Burning Sun" is my little licensing workhorse.  A few years ago it appeared in an episode of the TV show "Felicity" (WB), and last year (or was it the year before) it landed in the opening seque...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:21:00 GMT

Just added: Rob Falgiano Band to open for Jakob Dylan

...at Thursday at the Square, downtown Buffalo, on Thu. July 3.  We'll play from 7-8pm, prior to Dylan's 8:30-10pm set.  Another group is expected to be added to start at 6.  RF Ba...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:08:00 GMT

Indefinite detention at Guatanamo Bay

If you can stomach it, please read this article about the treatment of detainees at the U.S. government's prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/10/guantanamo_ment al...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:49:00 GMT

oh yes, recording a CD takes a long time sometimes. especially when it does.

I am very bad at updating my news section. Sorry sorry. I've been pretty busy - plugging away diligently on my next CD, which will be called "All Star Heart," and playing as often as I usually do - wh...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:08:00 GMT

New CD underway

In other NEWZ, my next CD is well underway at Audio Magic Recording Studios in good ole Buffalo, NY. I'm working with the charming and talented Mike Rorick on the control knobs. Eric Starr was in t...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 09:14:00 GMT

I CAN'T ACT!

I just discovered something new about myself yesterday. I CAN'T ACT! In fact I don't think I could act my way out of a paper bag! Yes, last night I went to my first ever theater audition for the role ...
Posted by on Tue, 22 May 2007 11:35:00 GMT

a sad day for America

Man, what a sad day for America. McCain & Co totally caved in to Bush - ..now we have legal torture in America. I can't even believe I'm writing that, yet it's true. Plus suspension of Habeas Corpus -...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:48:00 GMT

CDs AVAILABLE with credit card or paypal:

http://robfalgiano.com/Product.htmlInternational orders welcome. For more info contact:info@robfalgiano
Posted by on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:58:00 GMT